Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association Julia Morgan Webinar
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Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association Webinar on Julia Morgan with Victoria Kastner Wednesday, 23 March 2022, at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom Tickets $15 on Eventbrite Architectural historian and East Bay native Victoria Kastner will speak about her new book, Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect (Chronicle Books, 2022), which provides the first in-depth... Read more »
Avon Free Public Library Virtual Presentation
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Join us for a virtual presentation with author Victoria Kastner, as we celebrate her new book, Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect. This new biography—featuring over 150 archival images and full-color photographs printed throughout—introduces Julia Morgan as both a pioneering architect and a captivating individual.
“Julia Morgan: A Very Personal View” at the Hillside Club, Berkeley
The Hilside Club 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesType of Event:
Julia Morgan: A Very Personal View Victoria Kastner will reveal the inspiring story of Julia Morgan's private life, as gleaned from the letters Julia exchanged with her family and friends, as well as from the observations she wrote in her private diaries. In this presentation, customized for the Hillside Club, Kastner will provide an especially... Read more »
The California Club, Los Angeles – Speaker Luncheon
The California Club, Los Angeles 538 Flower Street, Los AngelesType of Event:
Join us for an impressive look at the life and legacy of female architect, Julia Morgan, with an exclusive presentation by beloved author and Hearst Castle's Historian, Victoria Kastner. Kastner has written and lectured about San Simeon's land and buildings for nearly thirty years. Her latest work, Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing... Read more »
The Preservation Society of Newport County, Virtual Lecture
Newport Beach Preservation SocietyType of Event: Virtual Lecture
The year 2022 marks the sesquicentennial of pioneering architect Julia Morgan (1872-1957). Though best known as the designer of William Randolph Hearst’s lavish San Simeon estate (1919), Morgan built an additional 700 structures throughout the west. Her life and career are a story intersecting with the end of the Gilded Age, both in the style... Read more »
California Preservation Foundation, Julia Morgan’s California
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Julia Morgan’s California – An Illustrated Virtual Lunch-time Hour During her remarkable fifty-year career, California architect Julia Morgan designed 700 buildings, more than half of which were completed before women even had won the right to vote. In 2014, more than sixty years after she closed her office, the American Institute of Architects posthumously awarded... Read more »
Los Angeles Book Festival
USC Campus University Park, Los Angeles, United StatesType of Event: Appearance
Los Angeles Book Festival on April 23-24, 2022, on the USC Campus. Since 1996, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has gathered writers, poets, artists, filmmakers, musicians and emerging storytellers. Now in its 27th year, it is the largest event of its kind in the United States The festival is one of the largest... Read more »
Julia Morgan: Her Life in Three Acts (Part 1)
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Julia Morgan: Her Life in Three Acts Victoria Kastner will present a three-part lecture on Julia Morgan, created exclusively for the Foundation at Hearst Castle. She will share historic images and newly discovered information that she did not have room to include in her new book, Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect.... Read more »
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